The Dodgers took advantage of a pair of Rays mistakes early, and held on to win late, a 3-2 victory over Tampa Bay to open their short two-game interleague series on Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium.
Up 3-0 in the eighth inning, the Rays mounted a comeback, with three straight hits to open the inning against Joe Blanton. That scored one run, and a wild pitch by Luis Avilan scored another. But Avilan rebounded to strike out Corey Dickerson and, after an intentional walk to right-handed Steve Pearce, got lefty Kevin Kiermaier to pop out to end the inning with the tying run 90 feet away.